I dunno why but I am having a time with my snails. Why this week in particular? I have honestly no idea.
First, I woke up and went to feed my children, only to see a snail on the OUTSIDE glass of my aquarium. Which hey nbd I put him back.
And then the next day I found a snail that had gotten itself stuck. Some context: I keep a mesh over my hang on filters little arms to prevent fry from being sucked up, and somehow one of my snails for inside the mesh. Squished between the filter arm and the mesh and was basically going in circles trying to find the exit. I let him out and went on with my day.
Then I go downstairs in the kitchen where I keep my young fry tanks / QT tanks, and I find one of my assassin snails on the counter a healthy distance away from his tank. It was a very
Moment. Well I put him back.
And then, this is more my fault, but just to add on my snail difficulties this week. I started shuffling around my snails to a tank that needed more because it had a bit of an algae bloom. And so I picked one up, in a loose open palm kind of thing to avoid squishing him, and my elbow crashes into the wall and I didn’t have time to curse at hitting my funny bone because the snail was AIRBORN. And I scrambled to catch him before he hit the floor, only for me to accidentally smack (he bounced off my hand) him farther up into the air. And I’m a bit ashamed to say, it happened a couple times in a weird messed up hot potato game before I finally caught him. At least. He didn’t land on the floor. He’s been racing around his new tank though so I hope he’s okay.
And then this morning. I was chilling in bed a bit late, when my dog trots by looking very much like she’s holding something in her mouth that she should not be holding. She has that mischievous face. So I go to her and pry open her mouth and *plop* y’all guessed it…. She was holding a snail. I have no idea where it came from or where she got it. And I think my brain just bluescreened. The poor shell has teeth marks in it but it’s not crushed. I put him back in a tank and he took off pretty immediately. So I really hope he’s okay.
And I need the REST OF MY SNAILS TO STAY PUT.
I feel like I should mention that all of these snail misadventures happened in different tanks with what I thought were fitted lids with the main gap being where the space is for the filter…but all within the same week. And I am tired. I don’t know why my snails suddenly strove for freedom.
First, I woke up and went to feed my children, only to see a snail on the OUTSIDE glass of my aquarium. Which hey nbd I put him back.
And then the next day I found a snail that had gotten itself stuck. Some context: I keep a mesh over my hang on filters little arms to prevent fry from being sucked up, and somehow one of my snails for inside the mesh. Squished between the filter arm and the mesh and was basically going in circles trying to find the exit. I let him out and went on with my day.
Then I go downstairs in the kitchen where I keep my young fry tanks / QT tanks, and I find one of my assassin snails on the counter a healthy distance away from his tank. It was a very
Moment. Well I put him back.And then, this is more my fault, but just to add on my snail difficulties this week. I started shuffling around my snails to a tank that needed more because it had a bit of an algae bloom. And so I picked one up, in a loose open palm kind of thing to avoid squishing him, and my elbow crashes into the wall and I didn’t have time to curse at hitting my funny bone because the snail was AIRBORN. And I scrambled to catch him before he hit the floor, only for me to accidentally smack (he bounced off my hand) him farther up into the air. And I’m a bit ashamed to say, it happened a couple times in a weird messed up hot potato game before I finally caught him. At least. He didn’t land on the floor. He’s been racing around his new tank though so I hope he’s okay.
And then this morning. I was chilling in bed a bit late, when my dog trots by looking very much like she’s holding something in her mouth that she should not be holding. She has that mischievous face. So I go to her and pry open her mouth and *plop* y’all guessed it…. She was holding a snail. I have no idea where it came from or where she got it. And I think my brain just bluescreened. The poor shell has teeth marks in it but it’s not crushed. I put him back in a tank and he took off pretty immediately. So I really hope he’s okay.
And I need the REST OF MY SNAILS TO STAY PUT.
I feel like I should mention that all of these snail misadventures happened in different tanks with what I thought were fitted lids with the main gap being where the space is for the filter…but all within the same week. And I am tired. I don’t know why my snails suddenly strove for freedom.
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